2022 Vermont Community Health Worker (CHW) Conference

Description

CCTV Productions CCTV22-53 VCHW Annual Meeting

From the organizer:

This dynamic Conference, The Power and Promise of Community Health Workers in Vermont: Paving a Path to Equity, is designed with and for Community Health Workers, allies, partners and organizations that are supporting or who are interested in strengthening the CHW capacity and professional workforce in our state. It includes:

• a special event keynote session with Denise Octavia Smith, MBA, CHW, PN and founding Executive Director of the National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW)
• workshops with CHWs, allies and regional/national experts on CHW networks, education, policy and more!
• two special sessions on CHW sustainable funding and competency-based training
• a roundtable with representatives from CHW employer organizations across Vermont

The Conference is an in-person event with livestream and limited virtual options. Other featured presenters/experts who will participate include:

Shreya Kangovi, MD - Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Founding Executive Director of the Penn Center for Community Health Workers

Ashlee Harris, BS, CCHW - Senior Community Health Worker, Penn Center for Community Health Workers

Carl Rush, Policy Advisor and Consultant - National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW)

Amber Culver - Community Health Worker and CHW Program Manager and Ways2Wellness CONNECT North Country Health Consortium, Littleton, NH